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PtMiONAU Anns ttryaa Mt this morn ,m\\$ to arena several days with relt ttrsn nt at Charts* Mr. Walter H. Rafwld of Orange fesjtit spent tie day In ths qtty. **naier It. D. Kos? Isft last night far Camp Warden McLean, at Fort OgJothoeps, gsfcag by way of Atlanta. Where ha will on: 1st In ths second of ths officers' training camps: Senator onllstsd for ths first training but was prevented from con fsnausg at the camp because of 111 Sjsns an has arrival there. With hla Ostias ry aad business experience, Mr. ?ana will ne doubt make a record of which ths (Jama Cock city may well ha proud. Maw Marian UtUsjohn and Mr. A. K. UttUsJohn. who have been visit asg their brother. Dr. T. R. Uttlsjohn. bars returned horns at joneevllle. Mr. H. U McCoy has awns to Ddr ttsjgjton to spend a faw days. Mr. H. D. Barnett has returned from Nsw York, whero hs went on hajslaiss. stopping at Atlantic City on Mia way horns to visit his family who are spending the summer I Jessie and Bsrnlea Hedge taut*, of Col era Ma, are vtstUng Mise Masses V* tag ho at til Chureb Bt. i HiaMaigai W. U MoCutehen. ?d wwsd Wright. Wads H WUWford sgad a a PUrdy, Jr.. leave tonight for | Maw York to riport at hsadquartsra faraarrtas. Mr. Fred Deal leaves tonight far Fart Ogaathsa pe and Frank M. Cain aad Maas Richardson lsavs tomor raw far ths sasas plans to enter the I Omoaro* Trsinbg Camp. Tha many Irlands of Mr. A. C. TaWipsia W? bo glad to know that ha In getting as nicely, after an op aratloa for appendicitis at the Toum ay Hospital. Mr. Walter F)lsom leaves this even haw far Marien. W. C. to spend a few| days with his family. Thsy will re? turn wtta htm tha last of ths week. Maw Kats Moaetey has returned from a pleaamt trip in and near| Charleston. Miss Rosa La seen e, who has beer rtsttiag her father. Mr. J. B. Lesoenc. haw raturnsd to Lakeland. Fla. ?lt. a Moo*. Jr.. Ueut Engineers' Carps, left mat ahfht for his post st Fart Rflay. fUassa Mastsr Clauds Davis, of Columbia. M visiting his aunt. Mrs. T 19. Hin aaa. Jr.. an Ksndrlek street Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Campbell, of | JJanasttavllle. are visiting thslr sla tar. Mfat N. B. Hicks, on South Church Street, Mr. B. a Uttlsftsld of Rocky ] Mount. N. C, is visiting his a later, Mrs R. U Jan,es. on 8. Sumter street. 0OWT OF ElfTEltTAtNMENT. of Cosamitte? of Arrange, tar Farewell Meeting. Tha committee In charge of th* 'OW>' mt sasoksr to the soldiers Thursday makes the following re? port aa to coat and distribution. CsMscUon.$41 Cost of antsttalnment ..$18.11 Fruit aaat for dinner of COv U aoa< ay. Fan* osnt to Private ?vho Is sick 1.75 spent In extra eagarottss lo Co. U... 1.15 8 17 . $41.00 ??Sides ths collection mentioned that aajaavro Thursday, a large box of sartdwtohes. which were not eaten, awa aaat to ths armory. The fruit was sont up as sn extra for Sunday*" dinner, and Captain Brown was ejlv on aa order for the cigarettes to be austritt?ted ta his man. Mas Has the oolsctlon mentioned shore the bread for the sandwlchea itrtbeted by the Enterprise ly. and the drinks were con irMMited by ths Coca-Cola and the Cheeo-Cela nompanics. Sc Oghwhorpe. Freta The Dally item, Aug. 18. Mr. Cmnnce Dss?Thampn, a son of Mr. S. a 1 isoCham pa who has been IP aualneas in Memphis for ssver si will satsr ths second training at FUrt oglethorpe wham It next week. Mr. DeaChamps ls| graduals of tha ftuinter High a and Clemson foliage and Will undoubted) make good st IW Ogle rhOrpo. so aave all other Huim? High Bohool bois. *? if* n a ma* ~~ F. O. BOWMAN. Cotton Duysr. (CO**oct?^dalty st 11 o'clock Noon i good mldWsng 11 7-8. Strict Middling 21 1-4. Middling 11 ?*?. ffkrlct liow Middling 11 1-8. Low Middling It, DICTATOR ?BRBrt?ttY'S 8PEEUH AROUilSS GREAT AP PliAUHK. Kmntaawleee Roto ho ?Im Pluyoil IN It wont National Events and Make? Wain His Intention of Guiding Country's Course In Future. Moscow, Aug. 36. -Russia is puss In* through a period of mortal dan ter, Premier Kerensky today toid th< State council, which assembled In Moscow to hear the present situation of the country and plan for a ?ie?v national government. He deohxeO that an attempt to take advantage of the conference for an attack on the national power ae embodied in thf provisional government would be re? pressed pitilessly "by blood and iron." The council, which promises im? portant results in the national life of Russia, opened at 3 o'clock this af? ternoon in the Orand Opera with that solemnity and old Russian pomp es? pecially characteristic of Moscow. The theater district was crowded with sight seers and interspersed among the members of the council were to be seen characteristic Rus? sian types, including Tartars in.peak ed caps, white robed Mullahs from the Volga. Georgians robed in cloth of gold, Coesacks and dignitaries of the Greek Orthodox Church who hac* arrived for the ecumenical church congress Which begins Tuesday. Notwltstandlng the one day strike proclaimed by the Bolshevlki In pro? test against the council as a counter revolutionary expedition, the city If quiet. A few incipient attempts to organise demonstrations were sup? pressed. Precautions were taken against disorders of all descriptions and the council threatens to show a rigor in this respect. The building in which the council Is meeting is surrounded by a elose chain of soldiers, with of? ficer* every few yards, the soldier.* being picked men. The chambers under the building are occupied by soldiers with fixed bayonets. Mem? bers and invited guests before being admitted have their tickets examin? ed by nine different military posts. Premier Kerensky and other minis? tem of the provisional government occupied the stage and were faced by Generals Alextff and Brusiloff. former commanders In chief of the Russian armies and other high mili? tary officers In the former emperor's box. There was much comment be? cause of the absence of General Korn lloff, the present commander In chief but It Is expected he will attend the council tomorrow. The proceedings began with Kcr ensky*s speech, lasting an hour and a half, pronounced in a nervous, im? pressive voice which aroused tremen? dous applause, mainly from that part of the theater occupied by the dem? ocratic organisations and members of the cabinet but the duma members and the Moscow Industrial deputies also at times participated. Premier Kerensky spoke resolute? ly, emphasising the role he had play? ed in recent evnts and his determina? tion to guide events In the future The premier was greeted with wild applause when early in his speech, speaking of the dangers from the ex? treme left, he declared: "All attempt? with armed force against the peoples' power will be crushed with blood and iron.0 Still more applause greeted him when hitting at a counterrevolution military conspiracy ho exclaimed: "Let them be warned who think the time has come when, relying on the bayonet, they can overthrow our revolution." The audience arose and cheered this expression for five min? utes. Premier Kerensky rebuked the Fin landers end other seceding nationali? ties, his words evoking enthusiasm and there was a menacing note In his voice when he declared that their preterit.ions threatened the success of the revolution. The premier's speech indicated that the government expects further at? tacks toward the military duma and the Moscow deputies, which he de? nounced in advance. "Those who think the moment hat come to overtrow the revolution?r) power with bayonets are making u mistake," said M. Kerensky. "Let them tuke core, for our authority i. supported by the boundless confidence of the people and by millions of sol? diers who are defending us against the Gorman Invasion. ^ ?The provisional government it convinced that all of you who havt come here will forget everything ex? cept your duty toward your country and the revolution. The government believes it can tell truth, not only to our friends but also to our enemies? those who are destroying our troops, and those among us who are waitln for the moment when they may b? able to raise their heads and pounc< upon the free Russian people. "I say again that I will hide noth tng from you for you have come to gether for the first time for me to speak to you frankly, to tell you ol the unbearable, .the Immense respon? sibility which we are bearing despite all the blows we are receiving. "Citizens, the state Is passing through a period^ of mortal danger. I do not say more, for you all under? stand. You see tl, for each of you experiences it, in a different way. You all know the task incumbent up? on you, for the struggle against a powerful Implacable and organized enemy demands great sacrifices, self denial, deep love of our country and the forgetting of domestic quarrels. Unfortunately not all who are able are wiling to offer all this on the altar of their country, ruined by war, and they thus render the critical sit? uation of our country more serious every day. "In our political life this process of disorganization is worse, even causing certain nationalities livinc in Russia to seek their salvation, not in close union with the mother country, but in separatist aspirations. On top of all this came shameful events at the front when Russian troops, for? getting their duty to the country, gavo away without resistance to pres? sure of the enemy and thus forged for their people fresh chains of des? potism. "We feel so low because we could ont free ourselves from the fatal in? heritance of the old regime that we hated but obeyed bocause we feared It. Therefore now, when power rests, on liberty, not on bayonets, we are transported with delight, although there is some hereditary distrust of this new power. "Those who once trembled before the government of autocrats now boldly march against the government with arms in hand. But let them remember that our patience has ltt? limits and that those who go beyond them will have to settle with a gov? ernment which will make them re? member the time of czarism. We shall be Implacable because we are con? vinced that supreme power alone can assure the salvation of the country. That Is why I shall oppose ener? getically all attempts to take advan? tage of Russia's national misfortunes, ind whatever ultimatum is presented I shall subject it to the supreme power and to myself, its head." Tho premier declared that the de? structive period of the revolution had passed and that the time had come to consolidate its conquest. "For this reason," he continued, "we ask you citizens whether you feel within your heart the indispensable ?lacred Are for tho attainment of this object, whether you represent here In Moscow the national strength which is necessary to assure the prosperity of the country. Or will you give the world and us another picture of de? cadence? "A little time ago we indignantly replied to a proposal to conclude a separate peaoe. A few days ago we witnessed another attempt equally base, directed against our allies. The latter rejected it with equal indigna? tion and in the name of the great Russian people I say to our allies that it was the only reply we expected of them.1' At this point the dolegates arose and cheered loudly the diplomatic representatives of the entente allied powers. The premier then paid a tribute to the Roumanians, saying that if they were forced temporarily to abandon their country, they would find hospi? tality in Russia. Notwithstanding the none too friendly attitude toward the mother country of certain nationalities of the Russian State, M. Kerensky contin? ued, tho Russian democracy would give them all it promised through the provisional government and all that the constituent assembly might yet decide to grant, but when the limit of tolerance was passed or where there was destr> to take advantage of the nation's difficulties In order to violate the free will of Russia, they would cry "hands off." The premier said tho gov?rnment would prevent by force reopening of the dissolute diet in Finland and that he hoped the country would ap? prove this decision. His statement was cheered. "The government will endeavor," the premier went on, "to protect the army against the subversive influ? ences which deprive soldiers of all* sense of military duty." The premier said his colleagues would describe the widespread disor? ganization in the country, adding: I "In order to remedy this we make all aacritlees, abandoning philan? thropic mteresls.'1 Iff, Avskentleff, minister of the in? terior, and M. Prokopovlteh, minister of trade and Industry, followed If. Kerensky. The first year of the war, said M Prokopovlteh, cost Rusia 6,300,000, 000 rubles; the second year 1 1,200, 000,000 rubles; the third year, al ready 18,000,000,000 while tho total revenue for 1018 was 18.000,000,000 Regarding the question of food h< said the country's position was ex tromely difficult; there was aetun scarcity In several provinces and minimum in Petrograd and Moscow. e AN OBSLETE RELIC. Good Roads Cannot be Ballt by Poli? ticians?Trained Engineer Requir? ed. Editor The Daily Item. The adage that "prosperity can't travel to a country over bad roads," is well exemplified in this section. In lower Privateer township there is a region of country comprising 25 or 30 square miles untraversed by a public road, a condition without a parallel in the county, even including the sand barrens of Manchester. This is nat? urally a fertile region and its develop? ment would add much to the taxable resources of Sumter county. Two petitions for roads through this sec? tion were presented and acted upon favorably during the incumbency of the late yupervisor, but the roads were never built. During last spring I wrote to the supervisor sta' ing the facts of the case and enclosing a map of the section drawn to a scale. Ht replied that he was not building roads, but repairing those already built. But is this being done? The road on the north of this section, by Beth? el church and Privateer station, is a succession of mud holes and sand beds. The Cane Savannah road on the west and the Georgetown road on the east were clayed half heartedly in spots four or five years ago and then 'et severely alone. To the South there is no road this side of the Clarendon line. Probably the supervisor is doing the best that he can. But that Is not enough in this day and time. He is the relic of an outgrown and obso? lete system. The day is past when any citizen, by virtue of his friends and political backers, can Mil this of? fice. The supervisor should be a civil engineer, specially trained for this purpose. His pay should be ade? quate and he should be promptly displaced if found inefficient. Until this is done our highway system will be a miserable botch, the mortification and handicap of ourselves and the contempt of outsiders Richard B. Furman. Sumter, Aug. 24. LUMBER MILLS QUIT. Shut Down Duo to Slump In Market and Not Strike, Say Operators. Seattle, Aug. 23.?Announcement was 'made today by the organized lumber manufacturers of a contin? ued and practically unanimous shut down of all the Pacific Northwest lumber mills and logging camps for it leaot four months or until after the beginning of 1918. The lumber operators declared that ?he shut down was not due to the strike which has seriously affected the lumber output for several month's but rather was the result of "a slump n the market." The statement points jut that it is not the intention to ^lose down the shingle mills. The statement, issued by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, added that he lumbermen would be glad to moat and aid in any way possible J. Harry Covlngton, President Wilson's personal investigator of the lumber ntuation. Plsgah News Notes. Pisgah, Aug. 23.?The cotton crop is badly deteriorated for the want of potash. The crop will be light. Corn is fairy good, except on the light lands. Cotton is oponing and soon picking will commence. In this sec? tion the crop is about threo weeks? late. Meetings have been going on in the churches around. A fine ono was held at Mizpah church, Lee county, last week, in which Rev. Ancrum Hartley of Columbia aided. Many of the Pisgah people attended it. That section has fine crops, and a most hospitable people that it is always a pleasure to meet. The writer saw many of his esteemed friends, Mr. L A. White, Jack Rogers and many others. Miss Bessie Hatfield, a popular young lady of (Mgnajtt is visiting relatives and friends here. Mr. Wiliams, of Orangeburg, Is visiting his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Ken? ney. Mrs. Amelia Morris, an aged lady of Camden, died there Sunday and was buried at Pisgah church Monday after divine services by Rev. F. A. Ules. Hugh H. Evans, Jr., Is quite sick with typhoid fever. Mr. T. A. Bradley who bought the old Rhame place near PiF^aii church is making considerable improve? ments. He has placed a grist mill and is now putting in a gin plant. Roth of which are a great convenience to this section. The many friends of Capt. Alexan? der Mosely will be glad to hear that he is in good health. He attended the Confederate reunion at Washing? ton last spring, and says ho is going to the next one in the far West. 11?' wins a gallant soldier in the Civil War, and followed the starry cross to the end. He Is still enthused over War matters. PUT TO DEATH BY WHITES AND BLACKS. n m \ Had Talked Recklessly About tfe* War and Against White People Two Arrests. York, Aug. 23.?W. T. Sims, a ne? gro preacher about BO years of age, met death this morning at the hands of a number of unknown whites and negroes, five miles west of York. He was taken from the home of Bob Burris, where he was spending the night, at 2 o'clock, shot several times in the legs and once in the head with a pistol and brutally beaten, from which he died five hours later. Fred Penninger, white, and Frank Twitty, negro, have been lodged in jail on the charge of complicity in the af? fair and Dick Norman, white, has ben searched for all the afternoon, but has thus far evaded arrest. An inquest held this afternoon by Magistrate J. E. Comer was adjourn? ed until Monday in order that addi? tional evidence might be obtained. Mystery surrounds the affair which is heightened by the fact that the band that beat the negro was com? posed of both whites and negroes. Burris, at whose home the tragedy occurred, states that his house and yard were filled with men. Sims was found about 500 yards from Burris' house shortly after day? light. He was conscious but was un? able to give any very coherent ac? count of the previous night's happen? ings. He professed ignorance, how? ever, of the cause for which he had been mistreated. His home was at Chester, but he was pastor of a church near Sharon. Of late he had incurred the enmity of many mem? bers of his congregation on account of his keen criticism, according tc people of the Sharon section and also on account of alleged misappropria? tion of church funds. Negroes told the whites that he was indulging in reckless utterances about the war and was endeavoring to poison the minds of members of his race against white people. Reckless members of both races evidently ocmbined to put him out of the way. RBD CROSS WORK. Government Calls for Knitted Gar? ments ami Red Cross is Pledged to Supply the Need. From The Daily Item, Aug. 25. As stated in a telegram from the Red Cross War Council, printed a few days ago, an urgent call has come from the American troops in France for a large supply of knitted gar? ments for the winter. The Sumter Red Cross has been asked to supply GOO sweaters and an equal number ol SOCks, mutllers, wristlets, etc., totaling about 2,500 garments. The purchas? ing committee has ordered a large supply of yarn, which is expected tc arrivo early next week. This yarn will be supplied free to those who will pledge themselves to knit for oui soldiers in France, and as the time If short and the need urgent all mem? bers of the Sumter Chapter and all other women who can knit or will learn to knit are requested to call at the Red Cross Headquarters or phom tho headquarters and register for this work. As soon as the yarn arrives those who have agreed to knit will be notified and the yarn will be fur? nished them. The call is to the wo? men who really want to do something to help win the war and are not just 'ndulglng In sentimental talk. There is work to be done and it must tM done now. If they want to contribute to the comfort of the soldiers in the trenches they can do so by knitting Every garment that is knitted by a woman in her spare time is just that much contributed to the cause. Ev? ery garment knitted by home'work? ers relieves to that extent the strain that is being put upon the manufac? turing plants of the country, which are already overtaxed by the work that they have undertaken for the government to furnish equipment for the army. All the factories in the country working twenty-four hours a day seven days in the week cannot supply all the needs of the army, and for that reason the home work? ers are called upon to assist by mak? ing those things that they can make In spare time. If every one will do the things that they are fitted to do the winning of the war will be made easier. If you can knit it is your duty to knit for the army. Call or phone the Red Cross Headquarters and pledge yourself to do your duty now. GREAT BIG FLEET. Programme Calls for Eight Million Tons. Washington. Aug. 24.?The govern? ment's Shipbuilding program calls for twelve hundred and .seventy vessels of a total tonnage of almost eight mil? lion. WM revealed in the Shipping board'! estimate sent to Secretary ; McAdoo on which he baaed his bll 1 lion dollar appropriation requests. The ntsinesa Me Y. M. C. A. was the h day night to the officers in ional Guard and National Army will represent the Game Cock city in the great American array which has been and is being formed to go to Europe's Western battle froat to car? ry on the warfare for democracy. Tho occasion was a delightful one for the Sumter business men and soldiers who were present. The Jolly Gymns were on hand as usual and served a most delightfully prepared supper, a feature which added en? joyment to the occasion. There were about t? ? ty of the civilian members of the .csiness Men's Claas present, while an equal number of officers, most of whom were formerly active in the work of the olass, also shared in the pleasure of the evening. Mr. W. I. Whitehead, president of the class, presided, expressing the keen appreciation that the men of the Y. M. C. A. felt at the successful part that the Sumter contingent at the officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorpe had played, especially those men who had gone out from the Y. M. C. A., and who were still upholding the high standards set by that institution. Mr. W. A. Bryan extended a welcome to the men to their homes and the Y. M. C. A., and wished for them further success in the work they had before them Major J. W. Bradford spoke of the relit tion of the National Guard to the regular army, and Capt. Robert T. rfrov/n referred to the work that the National Guard was doing and Bti'l had before it. Lieuts. Wendell M. Lftvl and Louis C. Bryan made re? ntal kL on features of Camp Warden McLean and work in Chickamauga Fark. Col. J. A. McKnight stated that the citizens of Sumter were proud of the record that the Game Cock City men had made in the train? ing camp and he wished them even better success in the future. Senator R. D. Epps referred to the work of the next training camp at Fort Oglethorpe and stressed the im? portance of the white men taking a leading part in war and striking hard it slackers and men who talked disloyalty. Secretary H. L. Eirchard ind Mr. C. E. Hurst referred to the very valuable work which th<; Y. M. C. A. was doing for the soldiers in the various camps in America and Europe and the great importance of iho officers lending their efforts to make their work successful. The meeting was closed by the pas? sage of a vote of thanks to the Jolly Gymns for their much appreciated services, and by the unanimous adoo tion of a resolution offered by Mr. Epps that if any of the officers, there presert, felt himself too dignified on his return from the war to play vol? ley ball, that his fellow members of the Business Men's Class should pro? ceed :o "bump" him; and that every former member of the volley ball team Should proceed to show his German opponents, when he reached the trenches, that "They were out? classed man for man." Miss Davis Weds Mr. Reese. Miss Pauline Davis, daughter of Capt L. M. Davis and Mrs. Davis of this city, and Mr. Rowell Sparks Reese, of Georgia, were quiet'.v wed? ded in this city Sunday night. The ceremony took place at the First A. R. P. manse. Rev. W. B. Lindsay of? ficiating. The announcement of the marriage of Miss Davis and Mr. Reese will come as a distinct surprise to a host of friends in the Carolinas and Geor? gia. No announcement of their en? gagement had been made but they had expected to marry in the fall. Miss Davis has been spending the summer at Chick Spring* S. C, and recently returned home. The bride is a native of Rock Hill, S. C, her family having moved to Charlotte about eight years ano. Mrs. Reese is a. young woman of bright mentality and is charming and at? tractive. She has been one of the most active and popular members of the Stonewall Jackson chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. Prior to moving to Charlotte she was prom? inently idcntilied with the work of the U. D. C, in South Carolina. Mr. Reese is a native of Georgia. He recently became associated with Fisk-Carter Construction company and at present is located in Spartan burg, S. Cm where his company is en? gaged in building the cantonment there. Mr. Reese was formerly Conner: cd with the Piedmont and Northern rail? way as chief traffic clerk and was located in Greenville. S. C. He is a man of splendid business ability and commands countless friends through? out the South. Mr. and Mrs. Ucesc are at present making tbelr home at the Cleveland hotel In Spartanburg. S. C -Chariot's. ' N. C. Observer.